Jacaranda tree in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America, with downtown LA in the background. These trees, originally imported to California by the horticulturalist Kate Sessions, offer two quick and effusive blooms per year, but need...

Sunset over palm tree and snow-capped mountains at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The water level of the artificial lake is down due to one of the area's periodic droughts.

Taxi rank at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. This facility is one of the most recognizable train stations in the world, having been filmed in dozens of movies and television shows since its opening in 1939.

Jacaranda and other trees in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America, with Dodger Stadium in the background. These trees, originally imported to California by the horticulturalist Kate Sessions, offer two quick and effusive blooms per...

Sunset over city park and snow-capped mountains at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The water level of the artificial lake is down due to one of the area's periodic droughts.

Sunset over palm tree, no-fishing sign, and snow-capped mountains at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The water level of the artificial lake is down due to one of the area's periodic...

Shrine to Virgin Mary on the outside wall of the Old Plaza Church (La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora Reina de los Angeles) off Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. The church was built in 1814 and more recently has found fame as a...

Cluster of umbrellas set up early in the morning on the beach in the Belmont Shore district of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. In the background, Naples Island wakes up.

Cluster of umbrellas set up early in the morning on the beach in the Belmont Shore district of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. In the background, Naples Island wakes up.

Sunset over quiet, seemingly remote, cove in the heart of Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The tree is a cypress variety that grows prolifically up and down the California coast.

Sunset over quiet, seemingly remote, cove in the heart of Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The tree is a cypress variety that grows prolifically up and down the California coast.

Sunset over quiet, seemingly remote, cove in the heart of Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America. The tree is a cypress variety that grows prolifically up and down the California coast.

Original Philippe Restaurant, across Alameda Street from Union Station in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America, a local landmark and one of the city's oldest eateries, opened in 1909 by Philippe Mathieu, the claimed inventor of the French...

Main entrance to Union Station in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. This facility is one of the most recognizable train stations in the world, having been filmed in dozens of movies and television shows since its opening in 1939.

One of two wrought-iron US Mail chutes in the atrium of the Bradbury Building on Broadway in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. This archetectural masterpiece was designed by a draftsman George Wyman in 1893, after a ouiji board conversation...

Wrought-iron doors of the cage elevator in the atrium of the Bradbury Building on Broadway in Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. This archetectural masterpiece was designed by a draftsman George Wyman in 1893, after a ouiji board conversation...

Little Venice is sited on drainage canals on the Los Angleles coast, but otherwise bears little resemblance to Venice, Italy. The architecture is very different from its namesake, and decidedly middle-class plebeian